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Jacob Peterson

My career has given me experience applying a broad range of statistical methodologies and honed me into expert in R programming. Academic research has prepared me to think critically, learn new skills independently and quickly, managage complex projects, and collaborate within teams to acheive results. I enjoy exploring datasets, solving the puzzles that accompany analysis, and transforming raw data into the solutions used to answer important questions.

I am currently looking for a data science position that allows me to solve pragmatic problems while leveraging my skills in data management and statistical analysis.

Professional Experience

Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

2019

  • Led design and development of a spatially explicit agent-based model
  • Was the lead author on two grant application proposals
  • Managed collaborations between universites, state agencies, and private stakeholder organizations
  • Continued graduate coursework focusing in statistics and data science

Student Consultant

Oklahoma State University and Purdue University

N/A

2019 - 2016

  • Drew on my expertise in R programming, statistics, and GIS to assist other students, post docs, and research staff within my graduate schools
  • Consulting topics included: basic R programming, data cleaning, data management, statistical and spatial analysis
  • Led help sessions one on one and within small working groups
  • Provided detailed presentations about new techniques to lab research groups and graduate level classes

Graduate Research Assistant

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

2018 - 2016

  • Experience applying mixed-effect regression models and a variety of spatial movement and resource selection models
  • Designed a spatial classification function in R to characterize different animal behaviors given GPS movement data of an individual
  • Developed an R package to increase reproducibility of my research methods
  • Located, obtained, prepared, and managed large datasets from multiple state and federal agencies, private companies, and universities
  • Lead author on two academic manuscripts and multiple research summary reports

Human Dimensions Technician

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Fort Collins, CO

2015 - 2012

  • Assisted a variety of interdisciplinary projects in social science and natural resources
  • Created summary reports for survey results and conducted literature reviews
  • Designed and managed Access and ESRI geodatabases

GIS & Human Dimensions Independent Study

Colorado Parks and Wildlife & Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

2015

  • Began development of a method to spatially predict human attitudes and tolerance using survey response data
  • Experience using SQL to interface with a database and Python & R to script a spatially-explicit model

NSF - Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

2015

  • Data-mined a fish stomach database using SQL and R to establish a food web for the North Atlantic Ocean and assess correlation between these interspecific relationships with meta-population synchrony

Predictive Model for Archeological Sites Affected by Flood Damage

SIM Minor Capstone Project (CSU)

Fort Collins, CO

2014

  • Designed a predictive model to locate prehistoric and historic cultural archeological sites using spatial predictors
  • Developed using Python scripts and ArcGIS


Professional Communication

  • I have given talks about my graduate research at five professional conferences in the last two years
  • I currently have two scientific articles up for peer-review in professional journals





Additional Interests

  • Continued Learning - I am always in pursuit of new methods, code libraries, and ideas that could increase the efficiency or statistical rigor of analysis.
  • Scientific communication - I enjoy explaining complex problems, statistical analyses, and their results to non-specialists.
  • FOSS - I am an advocate for free and open source options that allow fully reproducable science and help others learn.
  • Teaching - I have a passion for helping others discover how scripting and programming can make themselves more efficient.





More Info

See full CV at github.com/jacpete/Resume_CV/ cv_Peterson.pdf for a more complete list of positions and experience.
















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Field Technician - Wildlife Capture and Handling

Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Missouri Department of Conservation

N/A

2016 - 2013

  • Used VHF and Iridium GPS telemetry to monitor wildlife movement patterns, behavior, and survivial
  • Experience working alone and as a small team in remote field locations
  • Required adaptability and attention to detail to accomplish research goals when working in rough terrain and subject to variable weather patterns
  • Collecting field data provides a greater appreciation of freely available datasets and increased my diligence in error checking data with unit tests

Education

M.Sc., Applied Statistics and Analytics

University of Kansas Medical Center

Overland Park, KS

Present - 2020

  • Emphasis: Data Science

M.Sc., Natural Resources Ecology and Management

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

2018 - 2016

B.S., Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

2015 - 2012

  • Minor: Spatial Information Management (SIM)

Teaching Experience

Vertebrate Population Dynamics

Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

West Lafayette, IN

2019

  • Teaching assistant for senior-level undergraduate course
  • Covered introduction to statistics and life tables in R, distance sampling using Program Distance and mark-recapture analysis with Program MARK
  • Experience teaching quantitative topics to a diverse non-expert audience

Big Data in Forest Research - Guest Lecture

Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

West Lafayette, IN

2019

  • Guest lecture on using R as a GIS for a graduate course
  • Covered an introduction to the tidyverse, the differences between packages sp and sf, using package raster, and mapping with ggplot and tmap